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																			 Neville Briggs
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								by Neville Briggs » Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:41 pm
			
			
			
			
			Good work TrishA,   

   There's some big words in there.  

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								by Shelley Hansen » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:04 pm
			
			
			
			
			Wow, Trisha, that is exquisite!  I immediately got the mental picture of an old ruined homestead in our district. Your word picture is alive! I could almost reach out and touch it!
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								by Catherine Lee » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:54 pm
			
			
			
			
			I love this poem Trisha! If I had to select each line and/or word in here that really stands out to me I think I'd just be copying and pasting the whole poem, so I won't! But that should tell you how clearly this beautiful poem paints the picture for me and how I admire your excellent choice of words. Love how you finish it in the last stanza as well - that's the nail on the head. Hats off to you on this one!
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
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								by Maureen K Clifford » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:25 pm
			
			
			
			
			You have made good use of the prompts with this delightful piece Trisha that first line just draws the reader in - or it did me.
I liked '
fractured visions' and '
crystalline reflections' - nicely used.  Your words painted a very clear picture for me, reminded me of a shot taken by another mate of mine that I will share.
goulburn homestead by Rossco.jpg
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								by Trisha Patterson » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:34 pm
			
			
			
			
			Thanks Neville, maybe 'your' muse paid me a visit this week. 
 
 
That's huge praise Shelley and Catherine! Many thanks and much appreciated. I did enjoy writing this one.
That shot does seem to capture the scene Maureen. There's something about old houses and their secrets.
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								by Terry » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:21 pm
			
			
			
			
			I agree with Catherine regarding your excellent choice of words throughout the poem.
You take the reader with you and we can see what you describe.
A pleasure to read Wendy.
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								by Bob Pacey » Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:40 pm
			
			
			
			
			Stone the flaming crows Trish are some of those words actually in the dictionary ?
I'm gonna have to write them down look them up and then read it again  
 
   
   
   
 
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								by Terry » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:06 pm
			
			
			
			
			Sorry Trish got my names mixed up there - But the rest was spot on.
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								by warooa » Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:29 am
			
			
			
			
			In agreeance  

  a wonderful tapestry of words that all roll into each other exquisitely. 
One to be proud of, Trish.
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								by Trisha Patterson » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:20 pm
			
			
			
			
			Thanks Terry, Bob & Marty.  I'm humbled by your comments.
I hope the dictionary helped Bob.  
 
 
Trish